July 111. Iiil9 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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COLUMBUS 



The hardwood trade iu Columbus and central Ohio territory has i-uleil 

 firm during the past fortnight. Buying is active both from retailers au.l 

 factory purchasing agents. Hardwood trade is strong and prospects iudi 

 cate a continuation of that condition. 



Factories making boxes and furniture are in the market for a conslderabb- 

 stock. Some of these are buying for the future as well as the present. 

 Their reserve stocks are generally light and as a result many of the orders 

 are for immediate movement. Retail stocks are not heavy, and with build- 

 ing operations becoming more active, dealers are anxious to secure a large 

 stock, rractically all orders booked from dealers are for shipment at once. 



Prices are stronger all along the line. Quartered and plain oak are higher 

 and scarcer ; there is a good demand for poplar and chestnut ; ash and bass- 

 wood are moving well, and other hardwoods are firm. 



Building operations continue to expand not only in the cities but also in 

 the rural districts. This is shown by the reports of building departments, 

 and by the fact that architects and contractors are busy. Strikes are now 

 pretty well settled and there is no labor trouble of consequence. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



In summing up the local situation, one might say that the demand is too 

 good, and the orders are too numerous for the scantiness of the hardwood 

 supply. The conditions in the market are well illustrated by the experience 

 of one local dealer. A few days ago this dealer received a carload of 

 hardwood from Chicago. A buyer dropped into his office and asked him 

 to name a price. The dealer gave a quotation that was $0 in excess of th.' 

 then market price. The buyer said he would let the dealer know. About 

 half an hour later, a phone call came from another source inquiring for 

 prices. The quotation to the second man was $•'5 higher than to the first. 

 The second party also told the dealer he would let him know. Within Ave 

 minutes after the second call came another, and for the third time the 

 price was boosted another $0. However, the third man bought at the 

 figure named, saying that he had to have the lumber and was glad to get it. 



A\\ varieties and grades of hardwoods are commanding fancy prices, but 

 there is nothing like enough stock on hand to even remotely supply thi- 

 demand. Although factories continue to be the heaviest users, yet a great 

 amount of building is going on. .lune broke all records for building opera 

 tions in Indianapolis, with 804 permits for new buildings Issued during the 

 month, the total valuations of the improvements being listed at .fl,(>44,2<i(i. 



EVANSVILLE 



Trade with the hardwood lumber manufacturers of Evansville and vicinity 

 has been very binsk. Prices continue to go up and in the opinion of manu- 

 facturers this advance will continue for several months. Stocks are remark- 

 ably low in many sections. The demand for everything in the hardwood 

 line is strong and in many instances manufacturers are unable to furnish 

 certain grades. Plain and quartered white oak. as well as the various 

 grades of red oak, are in unusually strong demand. Manufacturers say that 

 they can not recall the time when the demand for quartered white oak was 

 hetter than now. Gum has been gaining both in demand and price for 

 several weeks, due to the fact that furniture manufacturers are buying 

 liberal supplies. Hickory was never stronger and manufacturers of vehicles 

 are finding it difficult to get all the hickory needed. Walnut has been dra,g- 

 ging for some time and indications are that the demand will not be any 

 better in the immediate future. Local furniture factories are being operated 

 on steady time and many manufacturers are fully 100 per cent behind iu 

 their orders. They are taking orders on condition that if the price goes up 

 before the orders are delivered the purchasers will pay the increase. Labor 

 problems are looming up and there are several strikes on at local plants. 

 Workers in the furniture factories have prepared demands that will be 

 presented to the manufacturers in a short time. Box factories are doing a 

 slack business and both slack barrel and tight barrel cooperage manufac- 

 turers x-eport their trade very dull. Stave and heading manufacturers 

 report a tine trade, due to the increased demand for tobacco hogsheads, 

 ^lanufacturers report the log situation slightly improved. 



MILWAUKEE 



The situation in the hardwood lumber industry in Wisconsin and the 

 North has resolved itself into a proposition of "lumber at any price." 

 Buyers no longer appear to concern themselves about the cost of the com- 

 modity, but only about how much of it they are able to obtain. The demand 

 for hardwoods of .all. kinds has reached a large volume, swamping the 

 northern mills and creating an acute sliortage that is growing worse every 

 day. 



Business has not been better in a long time. Manufacturers are bending 

 every effort to make an impression upon tlie overwhelming volume, Init 

 unfilled orders are piling up rapidly everywhere. 



The demand for hemlock piece stuff is reaching large proportions and 

 heavy shipments of green stock are being made, as buyers demand deliveiT 

 before the stuff has a chance to dry. The supply of dry hemlock was 

 virtually exhausted some time ago. 



Furniture and musical instrument manufacturers continue to be the most 

 prolific source of demand. The phonograph industry is an enormous buyer 

 of veneers, panels and similar stock. 



WE WANT TO SELL 

 For QUICK SHIPMENT 



100 M' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr Birch 

 50 M' 6/4" No. 2 Com. Birch 

 50 M' 6/4" No. 3 Com. Birch 

 lOOM' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Hard Maple 

 (6" & wider) 

 50 M' 6/4" No. 3 Com. Hard Maple 

 1 00 M' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. Hard Maple 

 Send us vour inquiries for 

 NORTHERN HARDWOODS and HEMLOCK 



Wheeler -Timlin Lumber Co. 



WAUSAU, WISCONSIN 



WE MANUFACTURE bandxawed, plain and quarter sawed 



WHITE and RED OAK and YELLOW POPLAR 



We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- 

 ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough 

 Your Inquiries Solicited 



ARLINGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentudcy 



Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 



PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA 



Manufacturers of CYPRESS and GUM 



QUALITY is remembered long after 

 price is forgotten. When desiring 



quality write us. 



STOCK LIST JUNE 16, 



4.000- 4/4- PI. No. 1 C. 

 1.500- 6/4- Com. & Btr. 

 5,000- B. Bds.. 13-17" 



HICKOBT 

 2.000' 4/4" FAS 

 2.000' 6/4- FAS 

 2.500- 8/4" FAS 



950' 3" FAS 

 6,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 

 5,50()- 6/4- No. 1 Com. 

 10.000' 8/4- No. 1 Com. 

 1.200' 2%" C. & Btr. 

 7.000' 3" Com. & Btr. 

 3.500' 5/4" Log Run 

 8.000- 6/4" Log Run 



QTD. «TI1TE 0.4K 

 8.000' 4/4" Sel. Cora. 

 14.000- 4/4" No. 2 Com. 

 PLAIN WHITE OAK 

 9,000- 5/.'i" No. 1 Com. 

 1,000- 6/4- No. 1 Cora. 

 14.000' 4/4- No. 2 Com. 

 4.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 

 600' 6/4- No. 2 Com, 

 20.000- 4/4- Sel. Com. 

 2.500- 5/4- Sel. Cora. 

 3.000- 3- Cora. & Btr. 

 4.000- 5/4" C. & Btr, 

 15.000- 2V4" & 3" Com 

 & Btr. Wormy 

 QTD. RED OAK 

 1 car 4/4" FAS 

 1 car 5/4- FAS 

 4.500- 5/4- No. 1 Cora. 

 1.600- 2- No. 1 Cora. 

 600- 6/4- C. & Btr. 

 7.400- 4/4" Clear Sips 

 2>.4--5%" 



1919 



1.000- 4/4" No. 1 Cora. 



Strips 

 2.500- 4/4- No. 2 Com. 



Strips 

 TLAIN BED OAK 

 25.000- 4/4" FAS 

 4.000- C/4" FAS 

 3.000- S/4- FAS 



1 car 4/4- No. 1 Cora. 



2 cars 5/4" No. 1 Com. 

 7.000- 6/4" No. 1 Cora. 

 2,500- S/4" No. 1 Com, 



10.000- 4/4" No. 2 Com. 

 3.000- 5/4- No. 2 Com. 



POPLAR 

 5.500' 4/4- FAS 

 500' 5/4- FAS 

 200' 4" FAS 

 2.000' 4/4" Sap no 

 defect 



200' 6/4- Sap no 

 defect 

 1,800- 8/4" Sap no 



defect 



0.000- 5/4" C. & Btr, 



12.000- 4/4" No. 1 Cora. 



195.000- 5/4- No. 1 C. 



l.S-O- 6/4- No. 1 Com, 



24,000- 5/4- No. 2 Com. 



3.50O- 6/4" No. 2 Com. 



4.500' S/4" No. 2 Com. 



QTD. SYCAMORE 

 13,000' 4/4" FAS 

 8.500' 5/4" FAS 

 7.000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. 

 5.000' 5/4" No. 1 Cora. 

 MAPLE 

 300' S/4- FAS 

 9,000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora, 



J. V. Stimson & Co, 



OWENSBORO KENTUCKY 



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iTISFACTORY 

 ERVICE 



